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One of the movies very important was COUNTRYMAN of Origin Jamaica and created in 1982 with a Duration of 1 hours and 40 minutes his Direction and production they are

 Dickie Jobson of Jamaica producer and writer

 Michael Thomas of Jamaica is the writer

 His summary goes this way

Countryman tells us the history of a humble fisherman that a night of labor, it sees like major a light aircraft in the marsh.

After rescuing the American pair who was travelling in her, it protects them in a cave while one of them recovers of a wound in his leg. The government of the zone uses the incident to extract political profit on having portrayed the travelers as agents of the CIA who were providing weapon to the supporters of the opposition. Slightly foreign to the politics, one hides Countryman and his protected ones, helps whom to escape of the army with a mixture between witchcraft and martial arts.

Though the plot has some references to "Tarzán", there is reflected perfectly the political climate and the violence of the epoch characterized by the fight between the PNP and the JLP, both political parties of the seventies in Jamaica. In fact, the participation of the CIA, denied publicly by Kissinger in the moment, has been confirmed by other agents withdrawn from the CIA.

 Countryman reflects the rural life, with a quality that comes closer that of the city in The Harder They Come, with a history and sonorous band dedicated to Bob Marley, deceased one year before, and that in spite of some technical details is a notable enough film inside the Jamaican cinema.

Jamaica call  The Rock  by his habitants, is a crucible of races and a human landscape of surprising cultural diversity. The miscegenation gave birth to the motto of the country,  Of Many, A People  To every step you will find this  it mixes of cultures, since in the flavors of the Jamaican kitchen where is outlined the curry, influence of the Hindu culture. Kingston, the capital of the island, is a vivacious city where relics of the past coexist with the last innovations Technological. The Parish of Kingston, of more than 300 years of antiquity, it occupies a site of honor in the city. Many offices work in fantastic Victorian buildings of the epoch of the slavery, recyclings with the most modern facilities. Only the residents can open the door you for the fascinating world of the humble neighborhoods of the downtown. Once crossed his limits, it turns out to be touching how the amiability and the happiness of his people can erase for an instant the poverty and the penuries that they suffer. In the cradle of the reggae and the dancehall, you will find music where it wants that you go.

Jamaica also is the seedbed of musical extravagancies as the Air Jamaica Jazz and the Blues Festival and Reggae Sunsplash. Between the most famous attractions of the island you will be able to visit the Cataracts of the river Dunn in St. Ann, Rose Hall's Great House in St. Woman's faces and Bob Marley's Museum in Kingston dedicated to one of the most famous children of Jamaica. The one who wants to drive in Jamaica must have nerves of steel, not only because the streets are in bad conditions, but because in general they are crammed with people.

FAUNA AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN JAMAICA

Birds

Jamaica is the country of the ornithologists, in this country can be find more of 240 species of birds: pelicans, owls, parrots and hummingbirds some species are endemic as the thrush of Jamaica a blackbird in endangered or the john crow a specie of vulture.

Specie in endangered (blackbird)

Butterflies

In Jamaica can be observed more of 120 species of butterflies as the macaón, considered one of the butterflies bigger of the world, you can also observe in Jamaica many fireflies, used formerly by the elegant women for the purpose of illuminating their collars.

Mammals

In Jamaica there is only an endemic species of mammals, the jutia de Jamaica a rodent endangered like the guinea pig and lives in the Blue Mountains and the heights of Hillshire Hills.

Rodent endangered (jutia of Jamaica)

Reptiles

Jamaica has lot of species amphibians and reptiles like the lizards, the biggest of these is the iguana the funny geckos that make soundscharacteristic,nonpoisonous snakes, Frogs and toads. The most impressive reptile is the American crocodile that lives in the muddy waters of the south of the island.

Aquatic fauna

Jamaica an amazingaquatic fauna thathas more than 700 species of fishin the turquoise waters, there are the coral fish such as the parrotfish in deeper water live the manta rays. Tarpons barracudas andsharks. The sea turtles breed on the coast like the manatees marine mammals that unfortunately are endangered.

                           Manatees endangered

THE WETHER IN JAMAICA

The wether in jamaica is tropical humid all year the dry season is of december to april and corresponds with the tourist time. The temperatures range betweem the 19° and 30°C (in kingston) The rainiest season is of may to november. The less rainy months are May and October. The average ranfaill is of the 10mm of may to the 25mm of february (This is the driest month with a 62%  of humidity). In october the wettest monthis (75% of humedity) the rainfall can reach an average of  180mm. betweem august and september hurricane risk. In conclusion the weather of jamaica is tropical hot and humideven in mountain areas can be somewhat cooler.

Biography

Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in Jamaica to Norval Marley, a middle-aged white plantation overseer from England, and Cedella Booker, a black teenager from the north country. Cedella and Norval were to be married on June 9th, 1944. Approximately a week before the wedding, however, Norval informed Cedella that his chronic hernia had begun to trouble him and as a result he would be changing jobs and moving to Kingston. Norval never really knew his son because of the white upper class' disdain for interracial relationships. As a youth, Bob Marley was often the object of bitter ridicule by both white and black Jamaicans for his mixed heritage.

musical carreer bob mar ley

Marley’s musical career can be said to have gone through many stages, taking him from a Ska artist through to Reggae, all of this taking place between the 1970’s and 80’s in Jamaica.

Bob at this time was best known for working with the reggae group “The Wailers”. The Wailers was comprised of three of the most talented artists in reggae history, namely Marley, Bunny “Wailer” Livingstone and Peter Tosh.Bob Marley and the Wailers as they later became known (as more emphasis was placed on Marley).

Songs were not only filled with pulsating beats and mesmerizing lyrics but had undercurrent themes of rebellion. As seen in such songs as “Them Belly Full But We Hungry”. A direct social commentary on the Socialist regime of the Michael Manley who led People’s National Party (PNP)in Jamaica.

The music warns of the potency of socially excluded ghetto youth in creating a chaotic and volatile socio-political climate in Jamaica.

Marley was very familiar with this subject as Trench Town during the 1970’s and 80’s like most other inner city areas experienced an upsurge in violence fuelled by youth lacking opportunities and feeling oppressed by legitimate authoritative forces of the state such as the police force.

The group eventually split in 1975 after eleven successful records .Members of the group eventually enjoying relative levels of success as solo artists.

Out of this group though the most internationally acclaimed would turn out to be Bob Marley. Many persons attribute this international fame to Marley’s association with the well known and influential producer by the name of Chris Blackwell .

tipycal food of jamaica

Typical food: typical breakfast, lunch, dinner or special meal

The Jamaican food is usually spicy, typical lunch and dinner is large meals and last for at least an hour.

The Jamaicans breakfast is:

The main dish is either liver, ackee &saltfish (codfish), mackerel or red herring served with any or all of fried dumpling, fried bammy boiled banana, boiled dumpling and yam.

For lunch the people has patty and cocoa bread, grotto bread, bun and cheese, meat loaf, box lunch.

For dinner the people has curry chicken, curry shrimp.escovitch fish, steam fish,oxtails,stew peas, stew pork, tripe and beans, cow feet. Steam beef cabbage with either salt fish or corn beef. Curry goat may be served but it mostly reserved for Sunday dinners or special occasions.

museum bob marley

insteresting things about jamaica

CREMONIES AND CELEBRATIONS IMPORTANT IN JAMAICA

1 CARNAVAL OF JAMAICA “THE BIG PARTY”

This big party is celebrated the eight of April of each year; this party invades the island during nine days with parades, dances and party of contests of disguises, and a war between gangs that used their best artistic expressions.

THE SIDE OF THE ORCHARD

Is the name that receiving the parade more important of the carnival. This is celebrated in the Murcia city the Tuesday of the parties of spring.

The rides are composed for bands of music giants and, dance groups and floats in which show typical elements of the orchard murciana.

 INTERESTING PLACES OF KINGSTON (CAPITAL OF JAMAICA)

The port of Kingston (capital of Jamaica) is the seventh port more big of the world. And has become in one of the places most interesting and animated of the city.

The port of Kingston is one of the most beautiful in the world and is very common see to the young’s diving in it, and to the fishermen mending their nets.  At the night the port of Kingston is taken by the couples of love, they sit in the stone benches to watch the stars.

THE MUSEUM BOB MARLEY

The museum bob Marley is built in the house where the artist lived until 1981.  Here can see various objects that used during his life. The museum bob Marley can be visited of Monday to Saturday.

The most interesting of visited this place will be see the decoration of each room, look the plantation of medicinal herbs and enjoy of the sculptures that represent.

Means of transport in Jamaica

In Jamaica the people go around on roadways,railways,ship and air transport, the Jamaican road network consists of almost 21.000kilometres of roads, of which over 15.000 kilometers is paved so the people has many campers.

The raiways in Jamaica is no longer enjoying the prominent position they once did, having been largely replaced by roadways as the primary means of transport.

There are two international airports in Jamaica with modern terminals, long runways like a Norman Manley international airport in Kingston and Sangster international airport in the resort town of Montego bay of Air Jamaica the national airline ,there are local commuter airports at Tinson pen(Kingston),Port Antonio,Ocho Rios ,Mandeville and Negril which cater to internal flights only.

Many other small, rural centres are served by private fields on sugar states or bauxite mines